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A Livingston County District Court authorized a bench warrant against a 36-year-old Oceola Township man for failing to show for sentencing on charges he drove a vehicle under the influence of Fentanyl.

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Meadville Tribune recently asked readers — both online and in print editions — to choose the top local news stories of 2010. Following tabulation of hundreds of ballots, today we present the stories ranking fifth through second. Stories 15 through 11 were reviewed in Wednesday’s Tribune, followed by stories 10 through six in Thursday’s paper. The top story will be revealed on …

Meadville Medical Center is adding two new urgent-care medical facilities — Meadville Express Care — starting next year with locations in downtown Meadville and in Vernon Township.

Slipknot are asking for the return of gift items taken from the grave of the band’s late bassist, Paul Gray.

MARION, Ind. (AP) - A coroner says an accidental drug overdose killed a man who was found dead this month inside a vacant building on the grounds of a Veterans Affairs medical center in central Indiana.

High stem cell count after transplant predicts debilitating syndrome, U-M research finds A lung transplant can mean a new chance at life. But many who receive one develop a debilitating, fatal condition that causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs and chokes off the ability to breathe. University of Michigan researchers hope a new diagnostic tool they developed to predict bronchiolitis …

( University of Michigan Health System ) A lung transplant can mean a new chance at life. But many who receive one develop a debilitating, fatal condition that causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs and chokes off the ability to breathe.University of Michigan researchers hope a new diagnostic tool they developed to predict bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome will allow doctors to intervene …

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Meadville Tribune recently asked readers — both online and in print editions — to choose the top local news stories of 2010. Following tabulation of hundreds of ballots, today we present the stories ranking 10th through sixth. Stories 15 through 11 were reviewed in Wednesday’s Tribune. The top five stories will be reported Friday and Saturday.

After more than four decades in retail, Hovis Interiors owner Bill Grasinger was pretty sure he’d seen it all. Until midday Tuesday, that is, when a man propped open the front door of the 271 Chestnut St. store with a flower pot and walked out carrying a massive leather chair that he hadn’t bothered to purchase